Instrumentation
The Marching Leathernecks consist of four major components: wind instruments, percussion, color guard, and danceline.
The wind instrumentation consists of both woodwind and brass instruments.
Woodwind:
- Piccolo
- Flute
- Clarinet
- Alto and Tenor Saxophone
Brass:
- Trumpet
- Mellophone
- Trombone
- Baritone (Marching)
- Sousaphone
The Percussion instrumentation consists of a drumline. (Note: the percussion section did at one time also consist of a front "pit" ensemble as well, but was eliminated due to transportation and storage issues)
Drumline:
- Cymbal
- Snare (Marching)
- Toms (Marching)
- Bass Drum (Marching)
The last two major components are the color guard and danceline named Westernaires and Westernettes to keep with the WIU "Western" theme. Along with these two larger groups there is often one or two twirlers and three drum majors.
Color Guard (Westernaires):
- Flags
Danceline (Westernettes):
- Dancers/Poms
Twiler
- Baton
Drum Major
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